Playing cards



Patented Nov. 26, 1.929

UNITED STATES JESSE E. SIMMONS, OF KERENS, TEXAS PLAYING CARDSApplication filed September 22, 1927.

his invention relates to playing cards of what may be termed thestandard type, and more particularly to the indexing of such cards.

5 A primary object of the invention is to so' index playing cards as toprevent the player from becoming confused and thereby mistaking one ofthe suits for another.

Another object of the invention is to so niark what are known as themajor suits and those of the minor suits with distinguishing elements sothat at a glance, it may be told which belong to which.

In carrying out these objects, the invention is susceptible of a widerange of modification without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the claimed invention; there being shown in thedrawings for illustrative purposes a preferred and practical form, inwhich;

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a plurality of cards arrangedas they are ordinarily held by a player, and which clearly illustratesthe distinguishing features of the invention,

F 2 is a face or plan view of one of the cards of one of the major suitsshowing the larger index,

F 3 is a similar view showing a card of the smaller index, in this case,a diamond,

Fig. 4 is also a similar view showing a club with the small indexsupplied, and

Fig. 5 a heart with a large index.

It is well known that in playing the gaine 5 of bridge that hearts andspades are termed major suits while clubs and diamonds are known asminor suits, and applicants invention is especially designed so thatthese suits may be distinguished at a. glance without danger ofconfusion.

In playing cards, the hand of the player is usually held fanned out asshown in Fig. 1 so that the indexes at the upper left hand corner are insight, and these indexes are com posed of elements termed pips and thevalue indicators.

The gist of this invention resides in Inaking the index elements of themaj or suits, that is of spades and hearts, correspond to the suit 0 andof a size larger than those of the minor Serial No. 221,361.

suits of the clubs and diamonds. It will be evident by an inspection ofthe drawing that the index elements for the minor suits which alsocorrespond in character to the character of the suits are much smallerthan those for the major suits so that there will be absolutely nodanger of confusion between the two. It is, of course, well known thatthese indexes constitute one ofthe features of the invention.

It will thus be seen that this arrangement prevents all possibility oferror and greatly facilitates card playing more especially byinexperienced players.

vWithout further description it is thought thatA the features andadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form,proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to, without-departing from the spirit of the invention or its scope as claimed.

I claim A deck of playing cards composed of the usual two suits of onecolor and two suits of a contrasting color, each card having a suitindicating pip and a value indication at one corner thereof, the pipsand value indications of one of the two suits of the same color beingmuch larger than those of the other suit of that color.

J. E. SIMMONS.

